Improvement in ticket-cases



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY STRANDGAARD, OEBUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TICKET-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,381, dated January16, 1871; application filed September 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY STRANDGAARD, of the city of Buffalo, countyof Erie, and

' State of New York, have invented a mechanpurpose of inserting thetickets, its sizeto be regulated by the size and number of tickets itmay be desired to use in it at a time.

1n the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section5 Fig. 2, a front view; Fig. 3, a top plan view; Fig. 4, a detached viewof the slotted plate, and Fig. 5 a perspective view.

A represents the case or box, to which is attached, either by hinge orclasp, (in the drawing, hinge on one end and clasp on the other,) thedoor or side, that opens, B, for the purpose of inserting the tickets.After the tickets are placed in the box, the plate F is placed over themand the door B closed, thus bringing the springs g g g to press upon thetop of the plate F, which keeps the tickets level and smooth, andpressed tightly and constantly upon the toothed spring E, which, whenpressed forward by the thumb, acting upon the thumbpiece d on theoutside of the box, forces a ticket forward by reason of the teethentering into it, to and through the slot 0, which is made just largeenough to admit of but one ticket passing through it at a time. The slotin the plate F is for the purpose of not dulling the teeth on the springE, when all the tickets are out of the box.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a ticket-box, A, having a slot, 0, the com bination of the toothedspring E, movable by means of thumb-piece d, and the slotted anddetachable plate F, with cover B, provided with springs g, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

SIDNEY STRANDGAARD. I

Witnesses:

JAMES G. STRONG, GEO. A. STRONG.

